Chelsea give up on plans to build new stadium

CHELSEA have abandoned their search for a new stadium site and will now concentrate on raising the capacity at Stamford Bridge to 55,000.

Chelsea’s chief executive Peter Kenyon has told Mayor of London Ken Livingstone on their trip to China that the Premiership champions now want to stay where they are.

Chelsea have been linked with a number of possible stadium sites, from Earls Court and Olympia to White City, but now plan to expand the Bridge’s capacity by 12,500 instead.